Intellectual property rights protection has long been a sore point in Sino-U.S. relations. Photo: VCG

* China will begin by implementing items where consensus has been reached between Beijing and Washington, official says

* Thirty-eight state agencies have announced that they will soon begin a coordinated campaign against IPR infringement

China has started a campaign to crack down on infringements of intellectual property rights (IPR) as the government promised to act quickly on agreements reached between President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump over the weekend that brought a truce to their trade war.